Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-09-30 | Page 1 | Big Barge Turns Turtle

BIG BlO BARGE TURNS TURTLE Three Sailors Drowned and Twenty Four Pour Railroad Cars Lost Lostin Lostin Lostin in Lake Michigan Chicago Sept 29 Three sailors were drowned and railroad cars ears together with SOO tons of Iron ota orand and car attachments were lost In tho the lako lake tonight when car ferry ferr No 2 owned by the Lake Michigan Car Ferry company capsized a mile outside the harbor The drowned Captain John Oleson commanding the capsized barge burgo bur o Two sailors whose not yet been established Three other members of tho crew were rescued by the lifesaving crew The car ferry forry was being towed to Chi Chicago cago harbor from South Chicago A high wind vind was blowing at the time and ad as the tho vessel neared the th breakwater several cars carson carson carson on the time barge became loosened by the tossing of the vessel and the barge turned turtle I